10 trucks of army personnel arrived in Maungdaw on 31 October and deployed the army personnel to Maungdaw south and Myoma Kayoundan village of Maungdaw town, said Jaffer, an elder from Maungdaw.
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Maungdaw authority again block praying in Mosque
Maungdaw authority had ordered to village admin officers and religious leaders not to pray in Mosque at Maungdaw Township administration office monthly meeting on October 31, said Idiris, an admin officer who join the meeting.
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ARNO Press Release: UN Commission of Inquiry Most Urgent
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
(Press release, 30 October 2015)
UN Commission of Inquiry Most Urgent
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) reiterates its call on the United Nations to establish independent investigation into genocide against Rohingya people in Myanmar. Continue reading “ARNO Press Release: UN Commission of Inquiry Most Urgent”
International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) and Rohingya Children Crisis
By Aman Ullah
“The Rohingya Children Crisis as Grave Humanitarian Disaster of the Era and it is a highly vulnerable hour for humanity,” DESPO-Asia
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is annually observed on the second Wednesday of October to raise the profile of disaster risk reduction. It also encourages people and governments to participate in building more resilient communities and nations.
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Persecution of the Rohingya Muslims: Is Genocide Occurring in Myanmar’s Rakhine State?
This legal analysis considers whether the ongoing attacks on and persecution of the Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar constitute genocide, as defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The paper begins with a detailed, historical account of the human rights situation of Rohingya since Myanmar’s independence. It then uses the Genocide Convention’s definition of gen-ocide to analyze the treatment of Rohingya.
